Report- Weak PSC oversight benefits Alabama Power at customers’ expense
Report: Weak PSC oversight benefits Alabama Power at customers’ expense (pdf).
View Article“Secretive pro-utility” PSC system is costly for Alabama Power customers,...
BIRMINGHAM, AL — “Titled ‘Public Utility Regulation without the Public: the Alabama Public Service Commission and Alabama Power,’ the report was authored by David Schlissel and Anna Sommer of the...
View ArticleReturn rates for utilities get harder look
NEW YORK, NY — “In Alabama, Terry Dunn, a Republican member of the Alabama Public Service Commission, wants Alabama Power to undergo a full financial review soon to determine what rates are fairest to...
View ArticleHidden power: Groups seek release of Alabama Power’s 20-year plan
MONTGOMERY — “No matter what the state’s environmentalists do, coal companies will face an uphill climb in the next few years. The state’s biggest utility, Alabama Power, doesn’t plan to build a new...
View ArticleNew EPA Rule Hits Coal-Fired Plants; Oil Price Hurts ‘Megaprojects’; Bothered...
ELECTRICITY PLANTS THAT ARE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON COAL COULD PAY ‘A PARTICULARLY HEAVY PRICE’ UNDER NEW RULES on the disposal of coal ash and steam-generator effluents, SLN reports this week. The SNL...
View ArticleLEFT IN THE DARK: How the Alabama Public Service Commission Makes Customers...
LEFT IN THE DARK: How the Alabama Public Service Commission Makes Customers Pay Billions of Dollars for Alabama Power Investments without Any Meaningful Public Review or Involvement (pdf) By David...
View ArticleStudy: Lack of Transparency at Alabama Public Service Commission Leaves...
Billions of Dollars in Alabama Power Investment Decisions Occur in Private; Customers Have Little Access to Decision-Making Process; Policies Are Outdated Compared to Other States’ CLEVELAND, Feb, 26,...
View ArticleHow the Alabama Public Service Commission Keeps Its Ratepayer Public in the Dark
The Alabama Public Service Commission is a laggard both regionally and nationally in its outdated insistence on conducting the rate-paying public’s business in private. The commission’s secrecy is...
View ArticleBowing to Public Pressure, Alabama Power to Develop ‘Up to 500 MW of Renewables’
Dan Testa on SNL: Alabama Power Co. is seeking permission from state regulators to develop or buy up to 500 MW of renewable power generation over the next six years. The Southern Co. utility filed with...
View ArticleWalmart Mega-Solar Park Seen as a Force in Driving Down Electricity Rates in...
The Boss Magazine: Walmart is known as a retail giant with a mission to offer low prices and, in the last decade or so, lead the path to sustainability. “Walmart envisions a world where people do not...
View ArticleAlabama utility to close Gorgas coal plant in April
AL.com: Alabama Power Company announced Wednesday that it was permanently retiring the William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant in Walker County due to “federally driven environmental...
View ArticleAlabama utility to bill customers $740 million for environmental upgrades at...
AL.com: The William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant near Parrish is set to be retired in April, but Alabama Power customers will be repaying about $740 million in costs related to the Walker...
View ArticleCourt battle looms over Alabama Power rooftop solar surcharge
Al.com: Alaska has more residential solar installations than Alabama. So does Rhode Island, Delaware, Mississippi and every other state except North and South Dakota. Georgia has 10 times as much...
View ArticleSouthern to close 5,500MW of coal-fired capacity by 2030
EnergyWire ($): Southern Co. announced yesterday that it will shutter roughly 55 percent of its coal fleet by the end of the decade as the company shifts to a net-zero electricity mix. The closures...
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